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WHEN IT’S DISCOVERED THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WAS BUGGED DURING A CONFIDENTIAL BRIEFING, THE NCIS TEAM MUST WORK WITH NSA ANALYST ELEANOR “ELLIE” BISHOP TO HELP DETERMINE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE, ON A REBROADCAST OF “NCIS,” TUESDAY, AUGUST 26

Emily Wickersham Joins the NCIS Team as NSA Analyst Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop

     “Gut Check” – After discovering the Secretary of the Navy was bugged during a confidential briefing, NSA Analyst Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop, who predicted the security breach in exact detail two years ago, partners with the NCIS team on the case, on a rebroadcast of NCIS, Tuesday, August 26 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Emily Wickersham joins the NCIS team as NSA Analyst Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop. (Originally broadcast 11/19/2013.)

CHEAT TWEET:  @EmilyWickersham joins the team of #NCIS as NSA Analyst Ellie Bishop during a national security case 8/26 8pm ET/PT http://bit.ly/1o9XfKM

SERIES REGULARS:

Mark Harmon      (NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs)      

Michael Weatherly     (NCIS Special Agent Anthony “Tony” DiNozzo)  

David McCallum     (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard)    

Pauley Perrette     (Abby Sciuto)    

Sean Murray     (NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee)  

Rocky Carroll     (NCIS Director Leon Vance)  

Brian Dietzen     (Jimmy Palmer)

Emily Wickersham (NSA Agent Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop)

GUEST CAST:

Leslie Hope     (Secretary of the Navy Sarah Porter)

Alan Ruck (Ward Davis)      

Geoffrey Blake   (Marc Attencio)  

Gideon Emery   (Rudolph Stalin)

Tim Peper     (NSA Agent Chad Flynderling)

Nichelle Hines     (NCIS Special Agent Norma Hench)

WRITTEN BY:  Christopher J.Wald

DIRECTED BY:  Dennis Smith

GENRE: DRAMA, CRIME, MYSTERY

RATING:  TVPG

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